List of national stadiums
A national stadium is a stadium that typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a country's national representative sports teams. The term is most often used in reference to an association football stadium. Usually, a national stadium will be in or very near a country's capital city or largest city. It is generally (but not always) the country's largest and most lavish sports venue. In many cases, but not all, it is also used by a club team. Many countries including the United States, do not have a National Stadium designated as such.
Some well-known national stadiums are:
- Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti (football)
- Estadio Multipropósito Parque Roca (basketball and tennis)
- Estadio Nacional de Hockey (field hockey)
- Campo Argentino de Polo (polo)
- CeNARD (athletics)
- Melbourne Cricket Ground (Australian rules football, cricket, and major soccer events) - often seen as the de facto national stadium due to historical links as well as being the current largest in Australia.
- Telstra Stadium, the 2000 Sydney Olympic Stadium (rugby league, rugby union, football (soccer) and occasional Australian rules football). There exists a popular rivalry between Telstra Stadium and the MCG due to lasting rivalries between football codes and the respective cities. There was a strongly implied claim to being the new national stadium when it opened in 1999 with the name 'Stadium Australia'.
- The Australian cricket team plays at a range of grounds throughout the country. The Melbourne and Sydney cricket grounds are the major venues.
- BMO Field (men's soccer)
- Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton) (women's soccer and fromerly men's)
- Lord's Cricket Ground (cricket)
- Twickenham (rugby union)
- Wembley Stadium (football)
- Crystal Palace National Sports Centre (athletics) will be replaced by the Olympic Stadium
- National Hockey Stadium (hockey)
- Stade de France (football, rugby union, and athletics)
- In the case of rugby, the national team plays test matches throughout the country, but it exclusively uses Stade de France for its fixtures in the Six Nations Championship.
- Croke Park (Gaelic games)
- Lansdowne Road (rugby union and association football) Undergoing reconstruction, to reopen in early 2009: events moved to Croke Park until then.
- Morton Stadium (athletics)
- National Aquatic Centre (swimming)
- Setsoto Stadium (football and athletics)
- Stade d'Honneur (football and athletics)
- Stade Louis II (football and athletics)
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